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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents three stories that are adaptations of the classic tale of Cinderella in which a young girl is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, until, despite their efforts to prevent it, she meets a young prince who marries her.
84) Snow White
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
216 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
85) Daughters
Author
Publisher
Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
432 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that all mothers want to see their daughters happily settled. But for Lara, mother to Maudie and stepmother to Jasmine and Eve, realizing this ambition is proving far from easy. With Eve's upcoming wedding, Lara has enough to worry about, without also contending with an ex-husband embarking on a new marriage and the surprising, late-blooming developments in her own love life. And when she begins to fear that...
Author
Series
Mandie book volume 27
Pub. Date
1996
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Etta Shaw, Mandie's stepmother, has been the source of unending problems for Mandie. And when Etta comes to town to file papers she claims are a will that Mandie's father made giving her the house at Charley Gap, it appears that a courtroom battle is about to take place. But Mandie has papers that declare her to have the right to the house that she loves so much. Who has the true legal document? Could Mandie's father have changed his mind and made...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Claire and Abi have always loved summers at the lake house, but a pregnant stepmother and Abi's intense new interest in boys have changed everything.
89) Sticky Beak
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st U.S. ed., 1st ed.
Physical Desc
140 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First hardcover edition, First paperback edition.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the life of Snow White's stepmother, the Wicked Queen, to find out just what it is that makes her so evil that she would want to cut out her teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered in a locked keepsake box.
91) Beauty for ashes
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the prim and proper Philadelphia of 1820, a wealthy widower seeks a marriage of convenience in order to assure the care of two small motherless children.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
HL 610L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Sherry helps her mother, a ghost, to investigate who is stalking Sherry's stepmother, but Sherry is also very busy with school and friends, while her mother is also striving for a gold medal in the Ghostlympics.
94) Cinderella
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A modern movie musical with a bold take on the classic fairy tale. Our ambitious heroine has big dreams and with the help of her fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.
95) Eden Hall
Author
Series
Eden Hall volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
336 pages : map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
At the age of four, Araminta "Minty" Cardale was exiled from Eden Hall on the wings of a scandal. Twenty years later, summoned by her half-sister, she has returned to see her dying father. But her hopes of a warm family welcome are shattered, and she is rejected once again. Making a place for herself in the village at the gates of Eden Hall, Minty begins to learn the truth about her father and her long-dead mother. She has yet to understand the threat...
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anthony Cary, Duke of Strickland, inherits his spendthrift father's title and can finally restore the family castle to its former glory. But at the reading of the will, Strick is stunned to learn that his father has secretly disentailed him, leaving the family manor--home to twelve generations of dukes--to Strick's American stepmother. Everyone knows Strick detests the dowager duchess, and when she dies mysteriously, damning rumors start to surface....
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
286 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein got the chance to redo the last seven years of her life, and managed to mend her broken relationship with her four stepchildren. Her devotion is tested, however, when the eldest stepchild, Jeremy, commits an act that could be considered treason, and receives a harsh punishment from the Empress. Shuri's only recourse to save Jeremy is to find a way to declare him the head of the household, effectively removing...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
283 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The marchioness Shuri Von Neuschwanstein was just a teenager when her husband died, leaving her to manage his lands and raise his children--even though she was young enough to be their sibling. Despite her dedication to her duties, other nobles conspired against her, and her stepchildren rejected her as their mother, leaving her a hardened pariah in her own home. But when she leaves for a new residence during her eldest stepson's wedding, the marchioness...
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
540L
Physical Desc
1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 paperback ([32] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm).
Language
English
Description
"For their anniversary, the Prince gives Cinderella a dazzling sapphire ring. When the gift goes missing, can Cinderella's dearest mouse friends, Jaq and Gus, save the day?..."--Cover back.
100) Cinderella
Author
Series
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
GN 480L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Cinderella is a young, kind, and diligent girl who is forced to work as a servant in her own home by her wicked stepmother and her two evil stepsisters. But she dreams of what could be, and makes the best of everything with her animal friends. When the entire kingdom is invited to a royal ball, Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending. Luckily, Cinderella's Fairy Godmother appears with her magic, and Cinderella will go to the ball...